[78-L] London [was Near You by Francis Craig]

Sat Jul 24 07:53:12 PDT 2010

And I have Tessie's "Music Music Music" on English and Canadian pressings..both have the same level drop, by the way. And I have the ever-popular Third Man Theme on a US vinyl DJ pressing, which is quiet but not as good as the English issue since it's a dub (and that was dubbed from a 79th generation film soundtrack which was probably recorded on a lacquer in the first place).

In Canada we got imports, some local pressings by Sparton which were then taken over by Compo around 1951, split between Compo and RCA by 1955 (both continued to press the singles and Lps into the sixties). 

dl

> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:42:23 +0100
> From: ampex354 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] London [was Near You by Francis Craig]
> 
> On Teter I've seen both....'Johnson rag'/'Back of the yards' on a UK
> pressing, 'Kansas City kitty'/'Just a little nightcap' a US. My Vera Lynn
> 'Auf wiedersehn, sweetheart' is a US pressing (and an RCA job).
> 
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:36 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
> 
> >
> > It gets more confusing when London begins to do American recording (Teresa
> > Brewer, Jack Teter) and picks up distressed labels (Gene Austin, The
> > Harmonicats from Universal) and issues them with US numbers but MOST of them
> > are pressed in England, although I don't think I've ever seen the Jack Teter
> > on anything but a US pressing. In Canada, Max Zimmerman found himself with a
> > lot of orders for The Wedding Samba by Edmundo Ros and began having it
> > pressed locally by Sparton. The Canadian operation began to do quite a lot
> > of its own recording (Jim Magill, Aznavour & Roche, Ozzie Williams'
> > Orchestra) circa 1950 and these were all pressed here.
> >
> >
> >
> > dl
> >
> >
> >
> > > Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:15:43 +0000
> > > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > > From: agp2176 at verizon.net
> > > Subject: Re: [78-L] London [was Near You by Francis Craig]
> > >
> > > Here's a bit of my observations about London and the Deccas.
> > >
> > > A note about something that confounds me. Its those pesky US London
> > > 78s from the 50s all say Made in England. So, what to put in the
> > > country column in my database - US or UK. I put US, but my question
> > > is, where these actually pressed in England and shipped to the USA,
> > > classifying London of that time as a UK export label?
> > >
> > > BTW -- as an addition to the comments by Han, there is currently a
> > > London B.12000 series black label 78 on eBay, that may be a US market
> > > disk made in England
> > >
> > >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/78rpm-12-LONDON-Escapada-When-Day-Done-AMBROSE-/190422502699
> > >
> > > and a P.18000 series (That I doubt is German in origin)
> > >
> > >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/London-German-18008-Geschwister-Winkler-Quartet-Heimat-/22064104570
> > >
> > > and an R.10000 series
> > >
> > >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/London-Red-Label-PHIL-GREEN-Slaughter-Tenth-Avenue-/220626345817
> > >
> > > London in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay at least) seemed
> > > to exist as an outlet for UK Decca releases as well as an outlet for
> > > small US indies that did not have a presence in those countries.
> > > Examples of the US indies are Runaway by Del Shannon from Big Top,
> > > The Girl Can't Help It by Little Richard from Specialty, So Long by
> > > Fat Domino from Imperial. London in Uruguay was distributed by the
> > > local label Clave. My memory gets a bit cloudy here because I do
> > > recall seeing Telstar by the Tornados on a 78 from Brazil and that
> > > was I think on Decca, but it may have been London. There is an
> > > Argentine London release of a UK Decca by Vera Lynn on eBay now
> > >
> > >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/VERA-LYNN-DESDE-QUE-DICES-ADIOS-CANTA-Argentina-78-RPM-/30040808803
> > >
> > > US Decca had a presence in South America and I have I'm Sorry by
> > > Brenda Lee from Uruguay. The label is a reddish brown. Bigger US
> > > indies that where on London American in the UK appear to have had
> > > local operations through labels like Ariel (for ABC Paramount) and
> > > Music Hall (for Dot).
> > >
> > > In South Africa, it looks like US Decca stuff made it out on UK
> > > Decca. Buddy Holly stuff appears there on the UK blue and silver
> > > Decca label of the 50s. London has two styles, a simple London label
> > > with did some US indies as well as London International, from whence
> > > came a South African release of To Know Him is to Love Him by the
> > > Teddy Bears from Dore.
> > >
> > > In India (and Pakistan) London American seemed to mirror UK London
> > > American release. For example US Cadence on the HLA series.
> > >
> > > I do not know about the Philippines, but I would guess that London
> > > was the Decca outlet there as US Decca had its own imprint there.
> > >
> > > Actually the whole London outside of the UK thing is quite
> > > fascinating. I think I may do some additional research.
> > >
> > > T
> > >
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